KoT Standard Goblins? Really?

With the (pre)release of Khans of Tarkir, we finally got our hands on the new cards, literally. Now it’s time to check if there is a viable Goblin deck in Standard. My first guess would be not a chance! But let’s take a look at a mono-red and Mardu variety of a casual goblin tribal deck ..

Those two are probably not the best or most efficient lists that I could have made, yet they do look fun. But most likely, both would just stumble. With cards like Mutavault and Legion Loyalist rotating out of the Standard, the loss could be too much for the Mono-Red Goblin deck to handle the format. Oh, and I didn’t make any sideboard since this is just theorycraft, and I have no clue what will the metagame look like once KoT is released. Another problem is the manabase, or the number of lands in both decks, since I’m used to playing the Modern Goblin deck with 20 lands, while those two lists seem like they need a bit more lands than just 20, and 21/22 might not be enough, specially for the Mardu variety with quite a few 3+ drops. In a timely manner, I’ll test both decks in our local gaming store, but first, I have to get my hands on Khans of Tarkir cards, and getting 4 Bloodstained Mire might take a while ..